A team of researchers at the University of Augsburg has discovered a groundbreaking method to turn a soft magnet into a hard one using nothing more than moderate uniaxial stress - pressure applied in a single direction. Their findings were recently published in the prestigious journal Physical Review Letters.

The University of Augsburg is once again participating in the Public Climate School from the 4th to the 8th of November 2024. During the PCS week, research institutes from around Germany open their doors to the public in an effort to provide sound scientific knowledge about the climate crisis. In Augsburg, simulation games, lectures, film screenings, and other interactive events will take place.

Together with around 400 guests, the University of Augsburg celebrated a new milestone in the university’s history: the opening of the new teaching building for the Faculty of Medicine and its growing number of young medical students. This marked the opening of Augsburg’s new medical campus. Bavarian State Minister for Science and the Arts, Markus Blume, and the founding dean of the Faculty of Medicine (2017-2019), Prof Guido Adler, gave keynote addresses.

To mark World Heart Day on the 29th of September, Prof Philip Raake, Chair of Internal Medicine with a Focus on Cardiology at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Augsburg and Director of the I. Medical Clinic at Augsburg University Hospital, gave an interview about current trends in the diagnosis and treatment of heart diseases. He explains what is being researched in Augsburg when it comes to heart health and provides some tips for a heart-healthy lifestyle.

Banning smartphones in schools has a measurable effect on the social well-being and learning of school students. This is the result of a meta-analysis recently published in the journal Education Sciences conducted by the Chair of School Pedagogy at the University of Augsburg.

Registration for lectures, seminars, and exercises: The general registration period for courses in the winter semester 2024/2025 at the University of Augsburg will take place from the 2nd of September to the 7th of October 2024 via the online platform Digicampus. For first-semester students, a later registration period applies. First-semester students should attend the introductory events offered by their respective degree programmes.